Jesus leaves Capernaum and travels north forty or fifty miles to the borders of Tyre and Sidon which is modern Lebanon. It is here that we see a woman coming to Jesus to ask help for her daughter. She asked Jesus to cast a demon out of her daughter.

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE:
Mamie Adams always went to a branch post office in her town because the postal employees there were friendly. She went there to buy stamps just before Christmas one year and the lines were particularly long. Someone pointed out that there was no need to wait in line
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Our Lord came into a world that believed that God cared only for the good and obedient. The people of his day thought that God was impassive and unconcerned and unmoved about those who were non religious.

The Saviour’s concern and our concern
Text: Luke 15:2 “But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
Introduction
Our Lord came into a world that believed that God cared only for the good and obedient. The people of his day thought
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Consider the spiritual ignorance of some we would not consider to be ignorant. 1- The prophets searched 2- The angels longed

INTRO.- ILL.- Professional golfer Tommy Bolt (known as Thunder Tommy - March 31, 1916 – August 30, 2008) was playing in Los Angeles and had a caddy with a reputation of constant chatter. Before they teed off, Bolt told him, "Don’t say a word to me. And if I ask you something, just answer yes or
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Concerning Hell. Acts 2;24-26. As the scriptures say a lot about Heaven, it also says about the same about Hell. Its existence, that most people want to ignore. To give people an alternative to everlasting piece, God introduced a place of torment
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INTRO.- ILL.- For several years a woman had been having trouble getting to sleep at night because she worried that burglars might break into her home. One night her husband heard a noise in the house, so he went downstairs to investigate. When he got there, he did find a burglar. "Good
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THE RIGHT CONCERN
Jonah 4
S: God’s compassion
Th: My Life as God’s Light
Pr: GOD IS PASSIONATE FOR ALL PEOPLE
?: How? How is it revealed?
KW: Stages
TS: We will find in Jonah 4, four stages which reveal God’s passion for all people.
The _____ stage which reveals God’s passion for all
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INTRO.- Jesus said, “Don’t worry about your life.” BUT WE DO. We do worry about lots of things. Or as some people might say, “I’m not worried about certain things, but I am concerned.”
Worry or concern. Whatever word you choose, the thought is the same. We are worried about many things in
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Paul wants his readers to move towards perfection. We learn to love one another, to agree with one another, to live in peace with one another

You can almost feel Paul’s frustration as he comes to the end of this letter. He’s done all he could to bring these people to maturity in Christ. He’s begged them, cajoled them, even threatened them and none of it seems to have made any difference. In fact in the end he’s had to resort to utter
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We are here at the end of the letter of first John. What a study this has been. We have looked at the very heart of John as he communicated practical, biblical truth to those who heard this message, and those who still continue to read the transcript.

CLOSING WITH CONCERN
1 John 5:13-21
INTRODUCTION: We are here at the end of the letter of first John. What a study this has been. We have looked at the very heart of John as he communicated practical, biblical truth to those who heard this message, and those who still continue to read the
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Paul’s words to the Roman Christians in his introduction suggest ten marks of true spiritual service. Verse eight showed Paul’s thankful spirit. Verses 9-10a reveal a second mark of true spiritual service and that is a Concerned Spirit. Although he was gr

A Concerned Spirit
Self-righteous service comes through human effort. True service comes from a relationship with Jesus Christ deep inside.
Self-righteous service is impressed with the “big deal.” True service finds it almost impossible to distinguish the small from the large
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History records that perhaps God was working long before Jonah went to Nineveh. Nineveh was located about 550 miles from Samaria. It was the second largest city in the Assyrian Empire. It was protected by an outer and an inner wall. The inner was was

Concerns of God
“Should I not be concerned about that great city?” 4:11
About The Prophet
He is one of the four Prophets whose ministries Christ referred to.
The only Prophet whose writing was mostly a story not a message.
He’s the only OT Prophet to attempt to _RUN_ away from
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Concern for the persecuted, confirmation of faith and love, committal to the Father and the Son

A. Intro & Conclusion
Shawshank Redemption- the beers
• Are we desiring to live an increasingly Christ-like life?
• Are we devoting our whole lives to the love of others, and the building-up of younger Christians?
• Are we being picked on for being like Jesus, and how are we coping with
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Growing Concerns
Handle Growing Concerns with Discernment (Acts 6:1-2)
Don’t Ignore the Problem
Don’t Resent the People
Don’t Over-react to the Problem
Do Realistically Assess the Problem
Handle Growing Concerns by Delegating (Acts 6:3-6)
Delegate to those who are of good reputation
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SERIES: BE SATISFIED
“CONCERNING WISDOM”
ECCLESIASTES 7:10-29
Two young engineers applied for a single position at a computer company. They both had the same qualifications. In order to determine which individual to hire, the applicants were asked to take a test by the department
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God’s Great concern in the salvation of the lost. Is this our concern or are we more concerned about our own comfort?

Jonah 4 June 23, 2002
God’s great concern & our petty concern
Have you ever got it completely wrong? Have you ever flown off the handle, and let someone really have it only to discover that what you thought had happened hadn’t really happened or that you were the one in the wrong? It’s
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